AGIST Worm - uses random garbage text for message

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    AGIST Worm - uses random garbage text for messages
    http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyc...me=WORM_AGIST.A

    TrendLabs has received several infection reports regarding this new worm spreading via email. It uses its own SMTP engine to propagate across machines. It arrives as a randomly-named .ZIP attachemnt via email. The details of the email message it sends out are as follows:

    Subject: <none>
    Body of message: (the message body is pure garbage)
    Attachment: <random file name>.zip

    The following is a sample email message that this worm sends out

    (IMG:http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/images/worm_agist_a.gif)

    The MUL
     
    the mul, Jul 19, 2004
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